Holder for cows&#39; tails



June 7, 1932- c. 1 wlLsoN 1,861,651

HOLDER FOR COWS TAILS Filed May 7. 1931 Patented June 7, 1932 Y UNITED STATES ,PATENT GFFICE C AESAR L. WILSON, OF DASSEL, MINNESOTA HOLDER FOR GOWS TAILS Application led May 7, 1931. Serial No. 535,579.

Itis the object of this invention to provide Awardly from the looped ends. The forward a novel and improved holder for cows tails and rearward portions of member extendwhich will effectively prevent the cow from ying from the ends'of the member are reswitching its tail while the cow is being versely bent and join in a loop formed about 5 milked. the pivot stud 3 at the opposite sideof the 55 To this end, the invention consists in the center of the stud from the looped ends of novel parts and novel combinations of parts the member and centrally disposed from the hereinafter defined in the claims and de- Vlooped ends of the jaw member 4. The porscribed in the following specification, made tion of the member 5 forwardly from the in connection with the accompanying drawpivot stud 3, forms a curved jaw 5a of gen- 60 ing, wherein like reference characters refer eral U-shape, the forward portion of which to the same or similar parts throughout the is bent quite sharply laterally relative to various views and in which, the arms of the jaw and toward the laterally F ig. l is a View in side elevation illustratbent forward portion of the jaw 4a. The ing the holder applied to a cowls tail; and jaw 5a is slightly longer than the jaw 4a as 65 Fig. 2 is a plan view of the holder, the shown and the arms of the jaw 5 are more parts being shown in full lines with the closely spaced than the arms of the jaw 4a. jaws being closed against each other and VThe upper arm of the jaw 5a has an upone of the jaw members being shown in wardly projecting reverse bend forming dotted lines in the position it will assume what may be called a spike 5b. The upper 1 when the two jaws are spread apart. arm of the jaw 5a is located considerably be- In accordance with the present invention, low the upper arm of the jaw 4a and the there is provided a pivot stud 3 illustrated spike 5b projects upwardly to a point well in the drawing as being a nutted bolt. Ap- .above the level of the upper arm of the aw 35 rplied to this pivot stud are a pair of jaw 4a. The rearwardly extending portion of V75 members 4 and 5 respectively, which are the jaw member 5 forms a handle 5c bent as shown as being constructed from wire. The l shown to form a suitable grip for the hand jaw member 4 has its two ends looped about Yof thev user. A coiled spring 6 encircles the pivot stud 3 at one side of the center the pivot stud 3 at the intermediate porthereof and then projects both forwardly tion thereof and this spring has one hooks() and rearwardly from the pivot stud. The end which is applied about the handle porforward and rearward portions running tion 4?) and another hook end which is apfrom the ends of member 4 are reversely bent plied about the handle portion 5c. This and join in a loop formed about the pivot Vspring exerts resilient pressure on the two stud 3 at the opposite side of the center of jaw members 4 and 5 to maintain the for- `85 the stud from the looped ends of the memward portion of the jaw 4a in abutment ber. The portion of the member 4 forwardwith the forward portion of the jaw 5a. ly from the pivot stud 3 forms a curved jaw ln using .the device, in connection with the 4a of general U-shape, the forward end of i milking of a cow, the handles 4b and 5c will the jaw connecting the two arms of the jaw be grasped by one hand of the milker to-eo being considerably laterally offset from the spread the two jaws 4a and 5a apart. yThe Ysaid arms. The portion of the member 4 eX- fringe of hair H of the cows tail T will then tending rearwardly from the pivot stud 3 be carried downwardly over the'spike 5b so is bent at substantially right angles to the` that the spike extends completely through the jaw 4a to form a handle portion 4b. The hair of the tail. The tail of the cow will then 95 other jaw member 5 has its two ends also be looped by the milker 'as shown'in'Fig. l,

looped about the pivot stud 3 at one side of land the looped portion of the tail will be the center thereof inwardly from the conplaced between the two jaws 4a and 5a as necting loop of the jaw member 4 and the shown. The jaw members may then be remember 5 projects both forwardly and rearleased7 whereupon the jaws 4a and 5a clamp-1100 against the looped portion of the cows tail. YWhen the tail is held in this position, it will be impossible for the cow to switch its tail and the matted hair H at the end of the cows tail tting over the spike 52) will prevent the cow from releasing the looped portion of the tail from the holder. The matted and tangled hair at the end of the tail will engage the spike 5b to prevent relative movement between the hair and the spike. The tail will be eectively held out of the way lat all times. By locating the upper arm of the jaw 5a below the upper arm of the jaw 4a, there is plenty of room for the accommodation of theffringe of hair H between these two arms.

Although the present device has been constructed from wire, it will be understood that any suitable material may be substituted therefor. It is essential that a pair of pincher-like jawsnbe provided, one of which jaws has a spike carried thereon over which the fringe of hair at the end of the cows tail may be placed. The device has been successfully demonstrated in actual practice.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions of the various parts without departing from the scope of the present invention.

lWhat is claimed is l. A holder for cows tails comprising, a pair of jaw members pivoted together, resilient means urging said jaw members toward each other and an upwardly projecting spike formed on one of said jaw members whereby a cows tail may be looped and placed between said jaw members with the fringe of the cows tail forced over said spike. l

2. A holder for cows tails comprising, a pair of jaw members pivoted together at a point intermediate their length and having concave jaws projecting forwardly from their pivot to surround the looped tail of a cow,

'resilient means urging the concave jaws of i said members together and a spike formed yon one of said jaws adapted to be inserted through the fringe of the cows tail.

3. The structure defined in claim 2, the

rjaw having said spike formed thereon being of considerably narrower width than the jaw of the other member and thek upper` edge of the jaw having said spike formed thereon being disposed below the upper edge of the other jaw, said spike projecting upwardly from the upper edge of the jaw having the spike formed thereon.

4. The structure defined in claim 2, portions of said jaw members oppositely disposed from said pivot relative to said jaws forming handles.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CAESAR L. WILSON. 

